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Aruba Central Online Help
Classic Central allows you to create a backup of configuration templates and variables that you can restore in the event of a failure or loss of data. The feature is available in the page for devices deployed using the template-based configuration method.
The feature enables administrators to perform the following functions:
- Back up templates and variable files applied to the devices, managed using the template-based configuration method.
- Restore an earlier known working combination of the configuration template and device variables in the event of a failure.
Important Points to Note
- The backup and restoration options are available for devices deployed using the template-based configuration method.
- When the backup or restore for a group is in progress, you cannot make configuration changes to that group.
- The restore operation restores the variables only for the devices that are currently provisioned or pre-provisioned to the group.
- The restore operation is terminated if the firmware version running on any one device in the group does not match the firmware version in the backed up file that is being restored. For example, if the configuration file was backed up when a switch was running 16.03.0003 and was later upgraded to 16.04.0003, the restore operation fails for the group.
- The restore operation deletes any templates applied to the group before the restore. It also deletes and replaces device variables with the backed up version that is being restored.
- The details pertaining to the actions carried out during the backup and restore operations are logged in the page.
